Category: 3. Middle East

Feb 9, (Reuters) – Israel has taken steps to help settlers acquire land in the occupied West Bank and widen its powers in parts of the territory where Palestinians have some self-rule – measures they said aimed to undermine the two-state…

By Ali Sawafta and Emily Rose

RAMALLAH/JERUSALEM, Feb 9 (Reuters) – Saudi Arabia, Jordan and the United Arab Emirates led regional states on Monday in condemning Israel’s move to ease settlement expansion and widen its powers in the West Bank, a…

For the attention of the foreign ministries of countries that maintain warm relations with Israel: Its crusade against UNRWA and other local and international organizations must be understood in the context of its intent to expel the Palestinians…

By Eltayeb Siddig

NEAR AL-OBEID, Sudan, Feb 9 (Reuters) – Gubara al-Basheer and his family used to traverse Sudan’s desert with their camels and livestock, moving freely between markets, water sources, and green pastures.

But since war erupted in…

Britain’s Prince William will begin Monday his first official visit to Saudi Arabia, aimed at deepening economic cooperation but already overshadowed by his disgraced uncle Andrew’s links to Jeffrey Epstein.

Ahead of his arrival in Riyadh,…

Britain’s Prince William met Saudi Arabia’s de facto leader Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman on Monday, kicking off a visit aimed at deepening economic cooperation but overshadowed by his disgraced uncle Andrew’s links to Jeffrey Epstein.

The…